Last Friday I was paying bills and observed that the ATT Broadband bill was double. I had paid the last bill a couple of days late so I called to make sure it had been recieved. I won't go into the complex details here, but ultimately I discovered that they had been charging us for basic TV cable ever since the Cable modem had been installed. We haven't even watched TV in twenty years.

So if any of you have computer cable, but not TV, check your bill carefully. The charge is on the back of the bill under "Basic Service."

If you find yourself in a similar situation, report it to your municipal authority for redress, and please, post it here.

I really can't imagine that I'm the only person this has happened to -- Tom